PIIND.NSE

PI Industries Ltd.

A clutch of stocks will have their ex-dates and record dates next week for corporate actions like dividend payout, stock splits and bonus issues. The stocks that are likely to be in focus include PI Industries, AK Capital Services, Fynx Capital, NBCC (India), Angel One and Infobeans Technologies. Check details: Corporate actions ahead

In this briefing: IRCTC Q3FY26: Beyond Ticketing, Unlocking Tourism, Catering & Cross-Sell Opportunities [Wafer Watch] AI Is Scaling Physically Faster Than Its Economics Are Settling Event Driven: Decoding HUL’s Ice Cream Demerger and Kwality Wall’s Muted Debut HSIE Results Daily: ONGC, Petronet LNG, Indraprastha Gas PI Industries Ltd - Near-Term Headwinds Persist; Maintain HOLD 1. IRCTC Q3FY26: Beyond Ticketing, Unlocking Tourism, Catering & Cross-Sell Opportunities IRCTC, India’s monopoly rail ticketing and catering platform, reported record Q3 FY26 performance with revenue rising 18.2% YoY and PAT growing 15.5% YoY . Growth has become broad-based, supported by catering expansion, Vande Bharat scaling, tourism margin improvement, and rising monetization from non-convenience revenue streams. The next growth phase depends on accelerated train additions , Rail Neer capacity expansion , payment aggregator rollout, and unified digital platform-led cross-selling execution. 2. [Wafer Watch] AI Is Scaling Physically Faster Than Its Economics Are Settling Nvidia's recent partnership yet again enforces the idea of AI infra expansion no longer being solely driven by hyperscaler balance sheets; external capital is increasingly underwriting capacity buildouts.

In this briefing: [Wafer Watch] AI Is Scaling Physically Faster Than Its Economics Are Settling Event Driven: Decoding HUL’s Ice Cream Demerger and Kwality Wall’s Muted Debut HSIE Results Daily: ONGC, Petronet LNG, Indraprastha Gas PI Industries Ltd - Near-Term Headwinds Persist; Maintain HOLD Praj Industries Ltd - Bio-Energy Headwinds Persist; Signs of Growth in Other Businesses 1. [Wafer Watch] AI Is Scaling Physically Faster Than Its Economics Are Settling Nvidia's recent partnership yet again enforces the idea of AI infra expansion no longer being solely driven by hyperscaler balance sheets; external capital is increasingly underwriting capacity buildouts. AMD is attempting to enter AI deployments earlier in the decision cycle, positioning its hardware within sovereign and enterprise infrastructure plans. Frontier AI labs are beginning to emphasise compute economics and margin structure, reflecting the growing importance of sustainable infrastructure utilisation. 2. Event Driven: Decoding HUL’s Ice Cream Demerger and Kwality Wall’s Muted Debut As Hindustan Unilever (HUVR IN) demerged ice cream entity, Kwality Wall’s faces a mandatory open offer from parent Unilever PLC (ULVR LN) subsidiary Magnum HoldCo to consolidate its controlling stake The stock listed at a 25% percent discount as investors flagged low margins and high capital intensity compared to peers Management justifies the split citing the business's distinct cold-chain operating model and the need for independent capital allocation to drive growth 3.

In this briefing: Event Driven: Decoding HUL’s Ice Cream Demerger and Kwality Wall’s Muted Debut HSIE Results Daily: ONGC, Petronet LNG, Indraprastha Gas PI Industries Ltd - Near-Term Headwinds Persist; Maintain HOLD Praj Industries Ltd - Bio-Energy Headwinds Persist; Signs of Growth in Other Businesses Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd. - Blends Steady; Vanillin Poised for Realisation-Driven Growth 1. Event Driven: Decoding HUL’s Ice Cream Demerger and Kwality Wall’s Muted Debut As Hindustan Unilever (HUVR IN) demerged ice cream entity, Kwality Wall’s faces a mandatory open offer from parent Unilever PLC (ULVR LN) subsidiary Magnum HoldCo to consolidate its controlling stake The stock listed at a 25% percent discount as investors flagged low margins and high capital intensity compared to peers Management justifies the split citing the business's distinct cold-chain operating model and the need for independent capital allocation to drive growth 2. HSIE Results Daily: ONGC, Petronet LNG, Indraprastha Gas ONGC: We maintain our REDUCE rating on ONGC, with a target price of INR 220 as we expect slower ramp-up in oil & gas production Q3FY26 quarter’s reported EBITDA at ~INR 173bn (-8.7% YoY, -2.1% QoQ) and PAT at ~INR 84bn (+1.6% YoY, -15.0% QoQ) were marginally lower than our estimates due to lower-than-expected crude oil production volume Petronet LNG: Our REDUCE recommendation on Petronet LNG (PLNG) with a revised TP of INR 275 is based on (1) muted volume growth, (2) delayed capacity expansion, and (3) subdued return ratios resulting from the high capex cycle expected in the next five years Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only.